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CCP Whisper
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Posted - 2008.09.24 20:34:00 -
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There is algae growing on the dome that has trapped air bubbles. Somewhere in the pump circuit there's either a pinhole leak or cavitation causing bubbles. It is rather annoying. But the camera dome assembly is going to be modified in the next weeks so we'll clean it up then. It needs to be shortened a bit as it sticks into the tank too far right now.
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CCP Whisper
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Posted - 2008.09.25 09:42:00 -
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There are currently only three Anthias in the big tank. There is a bit more livestock currently going through quarantine in the sump room. Yes, this aquarium has an entire sump room. It uses more hardware and plumbing than some houses, but I suppose that is all part of the fun.
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CCP Whisper
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Posted - 2008.09.25 16:14:00 -
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 Originally by: Bish Ounen
Seriously guys, how hard is it to roll up a sleeve, grab the magnetic tank scraper I saw hanging off the tank (the scrubby side) and just scrub off the dome? It'd take 10 minutes, tops to clean off the dome and then dry your arm.
To get to the camera dome with any sort of sc****r we have to first remove about three large, heavy metal panels to gain access to the top of the tank. Then we have to hoist the light armature the camera is attached to up and out, lean quite a ways forward to clean it and then reverse the entire process. The whole procedure takes about half an hour, not including moving the furniture in the rec room which is the only side we have access to and finding the ladder.
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CCP Whisper
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Posted - 2008.09.25 17:03:00 -
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Yes, people putting stuff into the tank is a concern. There are over 200 people in our office and lots of traffic through the recreation room where this tank is located. While we have not had to fish anything out of the tank yet, prevention is better than cure in this case. The tank and it's enclosure are also meant to be visually attractive, as it is part of our office and not sitting in the basement or the garage. The lights are mounted above the tank on aluminium armatures suspended from the ceiling. And I assume that the team who chose and mounted them did their research before deciding on the types of bulb and such. We are not buying this aquarium as a complete setup from some company, it is being designed by various CCP employees who are are their spare time to this project. If you're interested in seeing shots of the setup, there's plenty posted in this Flickr account.
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CCP Whisper
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Posted - 2008.09.26 07:45:00 -
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No need to apologise. The tank's size takes everyone by surprise at first...I actually think it is one of the largest privately owned sal****er aquariums in Europe at this point. It's taken about two years of design, planning and construction to get it to this point.
The camera is mounted inside a plexiglass pipe with one end sealed with the dome. This pipe is attached to a length of plexiglass so the whole assembly forms a T-shape that is then bolted onto the middle light armature. This serves two purposes, the first being that the weight of the lights armature holds the camera down into the water. The second being that the armature keeps the camera steady, despite there being some powerful pumps blasting away at or near the dome. Those Tunze's move a lot of water for their size.
Mounting the camera outside the tank is a lot less cool and we would have lots of distortion from the glass when people swivel the camera around. It's about an inch thick and if I remember correctly weighs almost half a ton without water.
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